Lord Voldemort

Lord Voldemort, born Tom Marvolo Riddle, and also known known as the Dark Lord, is a male half-blood wizard and the main antagonist in the canon franchise.

Canon Overview
In canon, Lord Voldemort was the son of Tom Riddle Senior and Merope Gaunt. Growing up in an orphanage, Tom Riddle became bitter and evil, his lust for power giving him the drive to push his magic beyond anything that had ever been seen, before he even came to Hogwarts.

A descendant of Salazar Slytherin and therefore a Parselmouth, Riddle found the Chamber of Secrets, fashioning himself the new name of Voldemort to renounce his muggle origins. As Voldemort, the Dark Wizard rallied numerous bigoted purebloods to his cause and attempted to take over Wizarding Britain, earning himself the title of "the Dark Lord" and plunging the country into a civil war.

Lily Potter's sacrifice, however, allowed her infant son Harry Potter (prophesied to bring about Voldemort's downfall) to reflect Voldemort's killing curse back at him, destroying his body, but not killing him, as he had created Horcruxes. Voldemort managed to fully return to life in Harry's fourth year but was permanently killed, and all his Horcruxes destroyed, three years later, after inflicting two more years of war upon Britain.

Frequent Changes to Voldemort's Character

 * Sociopath Voldemort
 * Sympathetic Diary Riddle
 * Gay Voldemort

Frequent Ships Involving Harry Potter

 * Voldemort/Bellatrix
 * Tom Riddle/Hermione
 * Voldemort/Harry
 * Voldemort/Quirrel